Anatomy of False Confessions, Redux

Loaded on Dec. 15, 2011 published in Prison Legal News December, 2011, page 14

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Reviews, Malicious Prosecution, Guilty Pleas, Sentencing, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment. Location: United States of America.

Earlier this year PLN reported on the phenomenon of suspects who falsely confess to crimes they did not commit. [See: PLN, April 2011, p.18]. As false confessions occur in wrongful conviction cases with disturbing regularity, this article revisits and expounds on this important topic and the tragic consequences that can ...

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